This refers to Raveen's comments on "Brahmins" and Eelamists. I am one
of those who have used very strong language against Tamil Nadu
Brahmins- the gang of Cho, Ram, and Dr. Subramanian Swamy.
Balachandran. Now I will like to add the name of Mani Shanker Aiyar (he
still has Aiyar tagged to his name) who is an Indian Congress Member of
Parliament also to the gang of four. I am afraid Raveen is taking a
simplistic approach to a complex and deep-seated malice.
Simply because he knows a few Brahmins - he thinks that they are not
that dangerous as they seem to be. Especially we should not criticise
them because that will be counter-productive! I am asking why these
Brahmins are not thinking the way Raveen thinks? That is, it is
counter productive to criticise Tamils who stand up for their language
as "chauvinists"?

The crusade against caste conscious Tamil Nadu Brahmins was an uphill
task. It was a fight against entrenched vested interests that have
exploited gullible Tamils for centuries. The caste system is an evil
introduced by the Brahmins, which have eaten every fabric of the Tamil
society. It has corroded and corrupted the Tamil society to the extent
that Non-Brahmin Tamils are equally caste conscious as the real
Brahmins!

If not for the social revolution engineered by Periyar the Tamils would
still be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the master race.
I do agree that there are different categories of Brahmins. Let me make
myself clear that I have no quarrel with North Indian Brahmins (Adel
Behari Vajpayee, L.K.Advani and crowd are North Indian Brahmins). I have
also no heart burning with Brahmins in the service of temples. My
quarrel is with those Brahmins like Ram, Cho etc who have given up their
vocations prescribed by Vedas (there are six of them) and taken up other
jobs and therefore they no more qualify as Brahmins! I have also no
quarrel with poet Bharathi who gave up his "poonool" and who was
ostracised by caste conscious Brahmins.

Is it a coincidence the Brahmins are ganging up against Tamil
Nationalism? They oppose Tamil Eelam; they oppose Tamil as the language
of education in LKG and UKG. Why? Brahmin students offer Sanskrit as
one of the subject for Plus 11 instead of Tamil. Why? There are
thousands of Tamil Nadu Brahmins working in USA, but not a SINGLE
Brahmin has joined the fifty or more Tamil Sangams functioning in USA!
Why? Has Raveen addressed his mind to these questions?

Recently State Education Minister Anbazhgan told a meeting that
Bhagawat Geethai has swallowed Thirukkural (vizhungkividdathu). On
hearing that Rama Gopalan, a Paarppan and President of Hindu Munnani
declared war on him for comparing Geethai with Thirukkural. But is it
not a fact that Geethai says that the four castes are divined by god
and god himself cannot alter it even if he wants to? On the contrary
Thirukkural says that all are born alike but the work they do dictates their varied
worth. Is these two philosophies then not diametrically opposed to
each other? Is it not an insult to the intelligence to the Tamil people
that the job of temple priests is still based on caste and not on
learning or good conduct? N. Satyendra of Tamil Nation thinks that
Periyar threw the baby (Hinduism) with the bath water (casteism). I
don't agree and I am convinced that Periyar threw both of them out for
good reason because they are complimentary to each other for survival!